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Rise and Fall of Tourist Destination - #SWDChallenge sept '18

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KKcnarf
Last edited Aug 8, 2019
Created on Sep 11, 2018

A circular flow diagram visualizes the rise and fall of tourist destinations from 2000 to 2016, emphasizing rank shifts with lime-green for ascents and pink-red for declines. Semi-circles display regional tourism GDP shares, while gray text and chords provide context. Built with D3.js v5 and custom `d3.stretched.chord` and `d3.layout.chord.sort` functions, the animation uses SVG paths and a pull-out effect to separate the two time periods.

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This chart is my contribution to the september 2018 #SWDChallenge.

I wanted the chart to focus on rank shifts so I designed it this way:

  • colours focus attention on rank shifts; any other information (such as precentages) gives the reader a deeper understanding, but uses less eye-catching colours (i.e. greys) in order to not disturb the main message
  • two distinct colours differentiate rise and fall, respectively lime-green and pink-red (more on this colour-blindness friendly palette below)
  • the chart is vertically oriented, so that shapes of the chords themselves indicate a rise or a fall

Also, even if my first idea was to use a flow chart, it was more appealing and fun to use a circular flow chart :-) Many thanks to Nadieh Bremer for sharing How to create a Flow Diagram with a Circular Twist.

Finally, regarding the color palette, I first use a basic green/red, but @storywithdata immediatly noticed that it was not color-blindness friendly. I first didn't know how to modify the palette. @visualizingdata brought me the response I was looking for in its wonderfull blog five ways to design for red-green colour-blindness (I choose option #2).

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